Monaco vs Marseille Predictions

Monaco got their fourth win in five matches at the weekend as they beat a stubborn Nantes side 1-0, with Wissam Ben-Yedder getting his ninth goal of the season as les Monegasques kept up their good form. Leonardo Jardim’s men have been playing great football recently but had been struggling on the road up until this win. Monaco endured a lot of pressure from Nantes but held strong to get just their second clean sheet of the season. Monaco have been extremely poor at the back with 21 goals conceded, the worst tally in the league, so this clean sheet against Nantes was very impressive indeed. However, les Canaris are one of the worst attacking teams in the division, so Monaco should still be wary defensively in this coming match.

Monaco’s attack has really been their strongest attribute this season as they are the second top scorers in the league with 19 goals. 15 of those have come at home this season where they are the highest scoring team and they’ll be hoping to continue that here. They’ve scored ten goals in their last three home games and will be looking to show that against the team that narrowly beat them 4-3 in the league a few weeks ago. 

Marseille come into this match off the back of a horrible 4-0 defeat in Paris. Les Olympiens showed little to no fight as the champions swept André Villas-Boas’ men aside. Obviously PSG were always going to be immense opponents in this match but fans will still be disappointed as Marseille crumbled in a match that has historically been such a well-matched derby – or at least was prior to QSi’s acquisition of the capital club.

Marseille have now won just one of their last six matches with their 2-0 win over then-bottom Strasbourg being the only glimmer of hope in this pretty soggy run of form. Marseille have scored a pretty disappointing five goals in their last six games and even failed to convert against 20th placed Dijon a few weeks ago. Marseille have now failed to score in two of their last four away games, conceding ten goals along the way so this could be quite the tricky match as they travel to the principality. 

These fixtures have always been exciting matches, with each of the last five seeing both teams score and with that market winning in four of Marseille’s last seven games and in seven of Monaco’s last nine, we’re backing it again here. We’re also edging this match in favour of a home win as Monaco have been in much more confident form than their opponents recently. Marseille have conceded the third most goals on the road this season, so we’re backing the hosts to get their fourth home win in a row with a 3-1 victory.